Paisano Pass
Paisano Pass is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1,551 m. Blue Mountain stands 2,221 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Peaks, a peak 3.2 miles away. Texas Mountain Trail passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1936
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Texas Mountain Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Keesey Canyon Overlook · 23 mi
- Limpia Creek Vista · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Peaks: 3.2 mi
- Paisano Peak: 3.6 mi
- Ranger Peak: 6.0 mi
- Crenshaw Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Twin Sisters: 6.8 mi
- Site of Marfa Army Air Field: 3.9 mi
- Marfa Lights: 3.9 mi
- W. W. Townsend Home: 10.7 mi
- Holland Hotel Building: 11.0 mi
- Garcia-Valadez House: 11.0 mi
- Marfa Lights View Park: 4.0 mi
- Killingsworth Arena: 10.2 mi
- Shipman Park: 10.3 mi
- American Legion Park: 10.6 mi
- Medina Park: 10.7 mi
- Museum of the Big Bend: 11.8 mi
- Marfa Holocaust & Model Ship Museum: 12.1 mi
- Marfa and Presidio County Museum: 12.5 mi
- Marfa Museum: 12.5 mi
- Blackwell School: 12.5 mi
- Sleeping Figure: 11.3 mi
- The Block: 12.7 mi
- Presence of Emptiness: 12.8 mi
- untitled (dawn to dusk): 12.9 mi
- Target Marathon: 21.5 mi
- Ranger Spring: 6.9 mi
- Modesta Springs: 18.5 mi
- Chinati Foundation: 12.7 mi
- Winter Garden: 12.7 mi
- Point of Rocks roadside park: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Paisano Pass. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain | NNW 329° | 2,221 m | 23.9 mi |
| Twin Mountains | N 357° | 2,098 m | 10.4 mi |
| Haleys Peak | SE 125° | 2,068 m | 11.2 mi |
| Ranger Peak | ENE 77° | 1,877 m | 6.0 mi |
| Puertacitas Mountains | NNW 333° | 1,870 m | 13.3 mi |
| Elephant Mountain | SE 134° | 1,865 m | 23.8 mi |
| Mount Ord | E 95° | 1,852 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mitre Peak | N 8° | 1,851 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:00 | 19:35 | 20:07 |
| June solstice | 06:55 | 20:26 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:44 | 19:22 | 19:53 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 17:24 | 18:00 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 58 | 64 | 71 | 78 | 77 | 77 | 71 | 65 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alpine 7NW, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12453470776
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